xxv, 301 pages ; 24 cm

Renownded social justice advocate John A. Powell persuasively argues that we have not achieved a post-racial society and there is much work to do to redeem the American promise of inclusive democracy. Culled from a decade of writing about social justice and spirituality, these meditations on race, identity, and social policy provide an outline for laying claim to our shared humanity and a way toward healing ourselves and securing our future. -- Book Cover

Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-289) and index

Introduction: moving beyond the isolated self -- I. Race and racialization. 1. Post-racialism or targeted universalism? ; 2. The colorblind multiracial dilemma: racial categories reconsidered ; 3. The racing of American society: race functioning as a verb before signifying as a noun -- II. White privilege. 4. Interrogating privilege, transforming whites ; 5. White innocence and the courts: jurisprudential devices that obscure privilege -- III. The racialized self. 6. Dreaming of a self beyond whiteness and isolation ; 7. The multiple self: implications for law and social justice -- IV. Engagement. 8. Lessons from suffering: how social justice informs spirituality

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